Sleep physiology in recovery from burnout

Biological Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Ekstedt, Mirjam ^a,b   Söderström, Marie ^b   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^b,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arousals; Depression; Exhaustion; Fatigue; Polysomnography; Recovery; Return to work; Sick leave; Sleep fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350131551     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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